[Chorus]
Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you
For everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself
Oh, oh

[Bridge]
If I had just one more day
I would tell you how much that
I've missed you since you've been away
Oh, it's dangerous
It's so out of line
To try and turn back time

[Chorus]
Oh, I'm sorry for blaming you
For everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you

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About “Hurt”

“Hurt” is about Christina Aguilera realizing the last thing she had said to her father before he died was that she hated him. The song focuses on Christina’s regret for not having been able to apologize to him when there was still time.

“Hurt” is taken from Christina Aguilera fifth studio album, Back to Basics (2006). It was released as the album’s second single on September 19, 2006 and it received positive reviews from music critics, who praised Aguilera’s vocals and the song’s production.

Is her father still alive?

Yes. (answered in May 2018)

What have the artists said about the song?

The song writer Linda Perry said “Christina came to me, and had these two chords that her and this guy wrote, and she was like, ‘I really like these chords, can you turn this into a song? I want the song to be about losing someone,’” she said. “Inside of me, I’m going, ‘You little f**king bitch, you totally know I lost my dad and now you’re gonna milk me for my emotions.’ It ended up being this beautiful song about losing my dad, and the pain that I’m going through, and the guilt and regret for not being more present for him,” Perry continued.

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